Stake-pocket



J. HAYES.

STAKE POCKET.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 8. 1919.

15344393. Patented June 22, 1920.

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- Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented une 22 1 920.

Application filed April 8, 1919. Serial No. 288,631.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that I, JnnnMIAHIIAYEs acitizen of the United States,residing at verett, in the countyofSnohomish and State of Washington, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Stake-Pockets, of

which the following is a specification.

- This invention relates to stake-pockets designed primarily for use onrailway cars, and it comprises certain new and useful improvementstherein. The principal object is to provide a metal pocket integrallysecured to an all-metal frame that straddles a car sill and is adaptedto be aflixed thereto without impairing the strength of the sill.

Another object is to provide a stakepocket whose position on the cars1ll may be readily changed as conditions necessitate or require; or maybe transferred from one sill to another sill without injury to the sillor to the stake-pocket.

The invention consists of the parts and combinations of partshereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claimsterminating this specification, as will enable others skilled in the artto which this invention appertains to, make and use the same. Referringto the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a perspective View of the stake-pocket,

and the frame to which it is integrally sej cured.

Fig. 2 is a view of the plate as abearing for the sill between the wallsC, C, of frame B when they are secured in position on the car sillibybolts F. T

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the stakepocket as affixed to a car sill.Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view of the stake-pocket as affixed toa car sill on the line 4-4: of Fig. 3. y a

Like parts in the several viewsare. identified by the same referenceletters.

The stake-pocket A, and frame B supporting the same, are preferably madeof one casting; the frame is of substantially inverted-U section havingtwo vertical, parallel walls C, C, spaced apart'and adapted'to straddlea sill D. The walls extend below the lower edge of the sill to permitbeing bolted together so as to secure the frame to the sill withoutpuncturing the sill. At or near its lower edge each wall is providedwith two apertures in the same plane and E that serves registeringwithla like number of apertures inthe opposite wall and adapted toreceive bolts to secure the frame in its proper position on the sill.

. The plate E is placed between the bolts F and the bottom of the sillbefore'the frame B is fixedly secured; and its purpose is to serve as abearing for the sill to prevent inury thereto which might occur'if thebolts came in contact with it.

When a stake-pocket is integrally attachedto an all-metal frame that isadapted to straddle a sill, instead of being aflixed with bolts orsimilar means, the danger of splitting the sill which is of commonoccurrence, is avoided. Inthe present construction the sill is notpunctured in any manner in attaching my improved stake-pocket,

. for it is aflixed to the sill by means of two parallel, verticalrectilineal walls so that the strain upon the sill is distributedconsiderably, thereby removingthe danger of splitting.

VVhenever-it is desired to change the position on the sill of thestake-pocket it may be released by loosening bolts F which will enablethe frame holding the stake-pocket to be moved along on the sill; or byremovmg the bolts from the walls C, C,-the frame B may be raised fromthe sill and transferred to another sill and aflixed thereto in themanner hereinbefore described.

The device as shown and described herein is my preferred form ofconstruction for carrying out my invention where the traflic is heavy;but where the traffic is light the all-metal frame may be secured to thecar sill by bolts passing through the walls C, C, i and the sill ifpreferred. The construction herein disclosed is susceptible ofmodification and variation without departing from the spirit of theinvention and, therefore, I

. do not limitmyself to the precise details as herein set forth.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. A car stake-pocketcomprising an allmetal frame adapted to straddle a car sill to support ametal stake-pocket integral therewith and means extending under the sillfor securing the same to the sill without puncturing the sill.

2. A car stake-pocket comprising an allmetal frame adapted to straddle acar sill to support a. metal stake-pocket integral therewith, and meansextending under the sill for removably securing same to acar sillWithout injury to the latter.

3. A vertical car stake-pocket comprising an all-metal frame adapted tostraddle a car sill and to support a metal stake-pocket integraltherewith, and means extending under the sill for securing same to a carsill Without injury thereto. 7

4:. A verticalmetal car stake-pocket integrally securecl to'an all-metalframe'ofsub all metal frame of substantially inverted-U shaped sectionhaving two parallel, vertical,

rectilineal Walls spaced apart to straddle a car sill, and meansextending under the sill for securing the stake pocket to the sillWithout puncturing the latter.

6. An all-metal vertical rectangular car stake-pocket With open top andbottom integrally secured to an al1-meta1 frame of substantiallyinverted-U shaped section having two parallel, vertical, rectilinealwalls spaced apart and adapted to straddle the sill, and meansextendingunder the sill for securing the stake pocket to thesill withoutpuncturing the latter. i 7; A metal car stakepockct integrally attachedto an all-metal framethat is adapted to straddle "a sill andwhoseposition thereon may be changed at Will Without injuring the sill, v

JEREMIAH HAYES.

